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Why OR staffing and scheduling is different than ER staffing and scheduling…

Posted on July 21, 2013 by Brian D Gregory MD, MBA

The OR case load has a very high daily variability of patient arrivals similar to an ER. However, unlike an ER patient’s arrival that normally may monopolize a single (or shared) ER nurse and room until the next caretaker (physician, … Continue reading →

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OR Policy Comparative Results and PreOP Congestion

Posted on December 10, 2012 by Brian D Gregory MD, MBA

See also: “SHS2013 Resolving Resistance to OR Scheduling” “SHS2013 Clarifying OR Turnover Time Concept Graph” “SHS2013 Clarifying OR On Time Starts” Many PreOp holding areas have a large variance in their usage. To keep PreOp from being a constraint (bottleneck) for surgery (surgeons … Continue reading →

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